I'll tell you what the life of Elizabeth Inchbald
Elizabeth Simpson Inchbald (1753--1821) was one of the leading literary figures of the late eighteenth century -- an actress, a successful playwright and editor of several collections of plays, a popular novelist, and a drama critic. Considered a beautiful, independent woman, Inchbald was much invol...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lexington :
The University Press of Kentucky
2015.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b34715885*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; ONE: In London to Find a Fortune; AT HOME IN SUFFOLK; AMBITION AND INDEPENDENCE; TWO: Scotland and the Perils of Travel; A DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE; THE YEAR 1776: A TURNING POINT; THREE: Wilkinson and the York Company; FOUR: London at Last; THE SUMMER OF 1781; THE RETURN TO LONDON AND THE NEW SEASON; GEORGE COLMAN THE ELDER AND THE HAYMARKET; FIVE: To Ireland with Hitchcock; LONDON AGAIN; ANOTHER FALL SEASON AT COVENT GARDEN; SIX: 1784; SEVEN: New Plays and a Publisher; APPEARANCE IS AGAINST THEM; SUCH THINGS ARE.
- THE MIDNIGHT HOURANIMAL MAGNETISM; THE CHILD OF NATURE; EIGHT: 1788-1789; FALSE APPEARANCES: A SPECIAL PUZZLE; THE MARRIED MAN; THE HUE AND CRY; A SIMPLE STORY; NINE: A New Chapter; TEA AND CONVERSATION; THE MASSACRE AND THE YEARS AFTER; THE WEDDING DAY; 1794: A YEAR FULL OF HAPPENINGS; THE TREASON TRIALS; TEN: Nature and Art, a Second Novel, and New Plays; GODWIN, COLMAN, AND THE IRON CHEST; GODWIN AND WOLLSTONECRAFT; WIVES As THEY WERE, AND MAIDS AS THEY ARE; 1798 AND LOVERS' VOWS; THE WISE MAN OF THE EAST; ELEVEN: A New Century; INCHBALD, THE KEMBLES, AND COVENT GARDEN.
- A NEW ASSIGNMENT: THE REMARKSGEORGE COLMAN THE YOUNGER AND THE REMARKS; THE GREAT FIRE; TWELVE: The Last Years; THE YEARS AFTER; RUM AND A LEMON FOR A SHILLING AND A PENCE; PARTIES, EXCURSIONS, MASQUERADES; MRS. INCHBALD AND THE ARTISTS; THE PLAYS AS COMMENTS ON THE SOCIAL SCENE; THE MEN AND THE WOMEN: THE CASE FOR EQUAL JUSTICE; THE WIDOW INCHBALD; THE FRUITS OF HER LABOR; WRITING FOR THE THEATRES IN LONDON; THE POLITICAL SCENE; AND FINALLY; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
